Combining Texts

All the ideas for '04: Gospel of St John', 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy'' and 'Journals'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

21962

Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

6294	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

8821	Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

16707

Cold and hot are the swiftness and slowness of corpuscular motion [Beeckman]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]